Mirpur Khas Division

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| established_date = 1990

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| leader_name = Faisal Ahmed Uqaili

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| population_total = 4,619,624

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| population_urban = 895,439 (19.38%)

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| demographics_type1 = Literacy (2023)

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Mirpur Khas Division ({{langx|sd|ميرپورخاص ڊويزن}}) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011.[http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/07/11/karachi%E2%80%99s-district-status-restored-notification-issued/ Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued], Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012 formerly a part of Hyderabad Division. CNIC code of Mirpur Khas Division is 44.

Mirpur Khas is the divisional headquarter of Mirpur Khas Division. It comprises the following three districts;[http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html Divisions/Districts of Pakistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html |date=30 September 2006 }}
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names[http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-18483-Five-districts-of-Karachi-restored Five districts of Karachi restored], Published in The News on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012

Demographics

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= Population =

{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|...|1972|...|1981|1,501,882|1998|2,585,417|2017|4,228,683|2023|4,619,624|align=center|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}

According to 2023 census, Sukkur division had a population of 4,619,624,https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/pcr/table_1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} roughly equal to the population of Oman{{cite web |author=US Directorate of Intelligence |title=Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-date=13 June 2007 |access-date=2011-10-01 |quote=Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.}} or the US state of Oregon.{{cite web |title=2010 Resident Population Data |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 |access-date=2011-09-30 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179}}

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The Mir Khas Pur division had a population of 4,228,683 as per 2017 Census of Pakistan. The Muslim population is 2,324,929 (54.98% of the division population), and the Hindu population is 1,892,758 (44.76% of the division population).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

https://www.pbs.gov.pk › 2017PDF

SALIENT FEATURES OF FINAL RESULTS CENSUS-2017

List of the Districts

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!Headquarter

!Area

(km²){{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf}}

!Pop.

(2023)

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(2023)

!Lit. rate

(2023)

1

|Mirpur Khas

|2,925

|1,681,386

|574.7

|45.37%

2

|Umerkot{{cite web |title=Historically & Geographically |url=http://www.umerkot.gos.pk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224191524/http://www.umerkot.gos.pk/ |archive-date=24 February 2012 |access-date=16 February 2014 |publisher=District Government Umerkot}}

|Umerkot

|5,608{{Cite web |title=Thatta (District, Pakistan) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/pakistan-admin.php?adm2id=820 |website=citypopulation.de}}

|1,159,831

|207.2

|38.69%

3

|Tharparkar

|Mithi

|19,637

|1,778,407

|90.6

|36.39%

List of the Tehsils

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!Tehsil

!Area

(km²){{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf}}

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(2023)

!Density

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!Districts

1

|Digri Tehsil

|572

|234,578